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Anoxia vs Anomia - What's the difference?

anoxia | anomia |

As nouns the difference between anoxia and anomia

is that anoxia is (pathology) a condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen, severe hypoxia while anomia is (neurology) the inability to remember names.

anoxia

English

(wikipedia anoxia)

Noun

(-)
  • (pathology) A condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen, severe hypoxia.

    • Derived terms

    * anoxic

    See also

    * asphyxia English terms with alpha privatives

    anomia

    English

    Noun

  • (neurology) The inability to remember names.
  • (neurology) The difficulty in finding the right word.

    • Synonyms

    * nominal aphasia